Mr Abdul Elah Al-Wadaee is a Bahraini National with over 20 years experience working in a wide range of environmental areas such as ozone depletion, industrial pollution, air pollution by Hydrocarbons, marine pollution by oil spill, climate change, and occupational health and safety. Before joining the OzonAction Programme in January 1997 as the ODS Network Co-ordinator for West Asia region, he has served in the Bahraini Government as a national ODS officer, Industrial hygienist, Chemical researcher, and Environmental specialist. Mr. Al-Wadaee has earned a Ph.D. in marine pollution (Marseille - France), M.Sc. in air pollution (Paris - France), and B.Sc. in industrial chemistry (Baghdad - Iraq).